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Thoughts on Connection07

Connection07 was held at Stadsmuseet, one of the very few web conferences held in Gothenburg. Of course, compared to the large global conferences such as MIX and @media, this is a bit smaller.

On the other hand, I’ve often felt that the large conferences tend to turn a bit towards monologue due to their size. Connection07 had a smaller crowd who dared to ask relevant questions, thus turning it into a kind of two-way conversation. Dialog is always more rewarding than monologue.

The whole thing was arranged by Jonathan and Jonas from lab:kloud9. Great idea, guys!

The only thing that I could wish for with the next Connection conference, and with all web conferences in general, is more women participants – both as speakers and audience. Even though web companies are blessed with female colleagues more often than the traditional software development companies, there is still a lot of room for improvement here.

The computer world is unfortunately by large still a man’s world, but come on – it’s 2007! Let’s change this!

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